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as in the Northwestern. For that reason it is not con- 

 sidered one of the important cash crops. It is, however, 

 largely grown for feed purposes; part of the crop is 

 threshed and part used for cured fodder in the sheaf. 

 Less attention has been paid to the varieties of this 

 crop, and in nearly every municipality there will be 

 found as many as ten to fifteen different sorts. The 

 results at the experiment station, however, indicate that 

 the three best varieties are Banner, Gold Rain and 

 Victory. 



Barley : The soil of the Red River Valley seems well 

 adapted for the production of this crop. This, coupled 

 with the fact, that it can be used for weed control, be- 

 cause of its early maturing habit, makes it one of the 

 cash crops that is receiving more and more attention each 

 year. Its main use, however, as yet is for hog and cattle 

 feed. The three best varieties are 0. A. C. 21, Manchur- 

 ian and Mensury. 



Flax : Where conditions are favorable excellent flax 

 crops are produced. Flax, however, is considered one of 

 the new land crops, and as a large percentage of the 

 land has been brought under cultivation, this crop is not 

 being grown to as great an extent as in the past. The 

 average farmer has paid very little attention to varieties 

 of flax. The most common variety grown is Premost, 

 while some of the wilt resistant strains from the North 

 Dakota Experiment Station are also on the market. 



Rye : A limited amount of winter and spring rye is 

 produced. The difficulty with winter killing has pre- 

 vented the winter sort becoming more common. Spring 

 rye has given such a small average yield that it lias not 

 displaced any of the three foregoing cereals. Because of 



